Blue Fern

Sushmita Jha

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1 Apr 2010, 9:39:57 am01/04/10

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Dear all,

I had seen this fern about two years ago at a greenhouse in a botanical garden in Montreal. It was therefore very exciting to see it in the wild at the Bodogol National Park in Java, Indonesia. The blue is really unbelievable!

I attach some photos and apologise for sending images of non-Indian flora.

Enjoy!

Sushmita Jha

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Vijayadas D

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1 Apr 2010, 9:49:07 am01/04/10

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It is not a Fern but Fern ally,

Selaginella sps. but I dont know the sps name.

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tanay bose

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1 Apr 2010, 10:06:27 am01/04/10

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Dear Sushmita ji,

This can be Selaginella willdenowii commonly refered to as Peacock Fern or Willdenow's Spikemoss.

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Sushmita Jha

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1 Apr 2010, 10:37:59 am01/04/10

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Thank you so much for your help in ID-ing it. I had no idea about the name nor did I have the time to look it up on the net.

Really appreciate your help, Tanay Bose and Vijayadas.

Sushmita

JM Garg

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14 Oct 2023, 11:46:49 am14/10/23

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J.M. Garg

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14 Oct 2023, 11:47:52 am14/10/23

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Forwarding again for Id assistance please.

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Saroj Kasaju

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14 Oct 2023, 12:25:14 pm14/10/23

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Selaginella uncinata (Desv. ex Poir.) Spring

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Saroj Kasaju

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15 Oct 2023, 2:34:15 am15/10/23

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Thanks a lot, Chris ji

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From: Chris Fraser-Jenkins
Date: Sun, 15 Oct 2023 at 00:19
Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:456765] Fwd: Blue Fern
To: J.M. Garg <jmg...@gmail.com>

Its a Selaginella, although its not really showing enough of it in these photos, I wonder if it climbs and straggles up bushes? If so it is almost certainly S. willdenowii. There are a few different Selaginellas that show that lovely almost metallic blue, but S. willdenowii is the best one. There are fine plants of it in the Acharya Chandra Bose National Botanic Garden, Kolkata (in "Round House no. 2).

There are also some nice white variegated ones, like S. mertensii from S. America, now cultivated world wide, and best of all, the beautiful S. picta from eastern Arunachal Pradesh. South America also has one that is bright scarlet underneath, S. haematodes.

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Chris Fraser Jenkins, RBG Edinburgh.

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